Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania | |
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Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania | |
Style | His Excellency |
Member of | Cabinet |
Seat | Dodoma, Tanzania [1] |
Term length | Five years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | 1977 Constitution |
Formation | 1964 |
First holder | Abeid Karume |
Salary | US$4,375 monthly [2] |
Website | www |
The vice-president of Tanzania holds the second-highest political office in the United Republic of Tanzania. The vice president runs on a single ticket with the President of Tanzania, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.
Per Article 37 of the Constitution of Tanzania, if the president dies, resigns, is permanently incapacitated, or is disqualified, the vice-president ascends to the presidency for the balance of the term. Under Article 40, a vice-president who ascends to the presidency in this manner is eligible to run for two full terms in their own right if there are fewer than three years remaining in the five-year term. If the vice-president ascends with more than three years remaining, they are only eligible for one full term. [3]
For example, when Samia Suluhu Hassan became the first vice-president to directly ascend to the presidency, she did so only one year after being reelected as the running mate of her predecessor, John Magufuli. While she would be eligible to run for a full term in 2025, if she won she would have to leave office in 2030.
After the union between Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964, Tanzania had two vice-presidents, First and Second until the creation of a single office in 1995. [4]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Abeid Karume (1905–1972) | 29 October 1964 | 7 April 1972 | 7 years, 161 days | Afro-Shirazi Party | Nyerere | |
2 | Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016) | 7 April 1972 | 30 January 1984 | 11 years, 298 days | Afro-Shirazi Party | ||
Chama Cha Mapinduzi [lower-alpha 1] | |||||||
3 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–2024) | 30 January 1984 | 5 November 1985 | 1 year, 279 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | ||
4 | Joseph Warioba (born 1940) | 5 November 1985 | 9 November 1990 | 5 years, 4 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Mwinyi | |
5 | John Malecela (born 1934) | 9 November 1990 | 5 December 1994 | 4 years, 26 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | ||
6 | Cleopa Msuya (born 1931) | 5 December 1994 | 23 November 1995 | 353 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Rashidi Kawawa (1926–2009) | 26 April 1964 | 13 February 1977 | 12 years, 293 days | Tanganyika African National Union | Nyerere | |
Chama Cha Mapinduzi [lower-alpha 1] | |||||||
Post vacant (13 February 1977 – 5 November 1985) | |||||||
2 | Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2009) | 5 November 1985 | 9 November 1990 | 5 years, 4 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Mwinyi | |
3 | Salmin Amour (born 1948) | 9 November 1990 | 23 November 1995 | 5 years, 14 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Omar Ali Juma (1941–2001) | 23 November 1995 | 4 July 2001 | 5 years, 223 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Mkapa | |
2 | Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948) | 13 July 2001 | 3 November 2010 | 9 years, 113 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Mkapa Kikwete | |
3 | Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945) | 6 November 2010 | 5 November 2015 | 4 years, 364 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Kikwete | |
4 | Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 1960) | 5 November 2015 | 19 March 2021 | 5 years, 134 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Magufuli | |
5 | Philip Mpango (born 1957) | 31 March 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 353 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Suluhu |
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